Nostrand Avenue & Putnam Avenue

Nostrand Avenue and Putnam Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Bedford-Stuyvesant (West), Brooklyn. The corner lies on the edge of the Bedford Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, 34 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. In 2025, 21 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. New Canaan Baptist Church is 520 feet away, and Uncommon Collegiate CHS is 800 feet away. The nearest subway, Nostrand Av, is about five minutes on foot, for the A and C. Within a five-minute walk are 19 public places and 21 places to eat.

Safety record
20 hurt
34 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Nostrand Av
1,290 feet · 5 min on foot · A, C
Nearest bus stop
70 feet
Putnam Av/Nostrand Av · B26
Within a walk
19 places
11 religious buildings, 3 schools and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Nostrand Avenue & Putnam Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Nostrand Av, 1,290 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 4 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Nostrand Av A, C
    1,290 feet
    A C

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
2 lines
  1. A …
  2. C …
Outbound
2 lines
  1. A …
  2. C …

Also within a walk

  1. Bedford-Nostrand Avs G
    0.4 miles
    G
  2. Franklin Av C, S
    0.5 miles
    C S

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Putnam Av/Nostrand Av, 70 feet away, for the B26.

  • 12 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Putnam Av/Nostrand Av B26
    70 feet
    B26

Next buses at this stop

  1. B26 …

Live arrivals

Nostrand Avenue carries a bus lane, 7am to 7pm on weekdays.

Cycling

  • 16 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Putnam Ave & Nostrand Ave 19 docks in all
    160 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Bedford Avenue, 1.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1285 Bedford Avenue Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 540 Waverly Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.7 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    1.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 34 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 20 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 4 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2026.

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 21 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 1,889th most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 27, 20 more were issued.

Every corner with speed camera tickets

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11216
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 3
City Council district
36
Police precinct
79
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Bedford-Stuyvesant (West)
Elevation
45 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 2,500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1886 and 1923.

Trees

NYC Parks records 69 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 39 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2015 and September 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Nostrand Avenue

  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-10AM 4PM-7PM

West side of Nostrand Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

North side of Putnam Avenue

  • No parking 15 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

South side of Putnam Avenue

  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands at the edge of the Bedford Historic District.

Within 820 feet, 326 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as neo-Grec, and mostly built between 1881 and 1887.

  1. Reformed Episcopal Church of the Reconciliation Designated landmark
    360 feet
  2. Boys' High School Designated landmark
    800 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nineteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 11 religious buildings
  • 3 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 garden
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Brooklyn Academy High School
    800 feet
  2. Uncommon Collegiate CHS School
    800 feet
  3. Uncommon Collegiate Charter High School
    1,000 feet
Show all 4
  1. Bed Stuy Kids Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,130 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Stars of Hope Community Garden
    330 feet

Health care

  1. Concord Nursing and Rehabilitation Center Nursing home or hospice
    1,260 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Renaissance Apartments Listed historic place
    640 feet

Houses of worship

  1. New Canaan Baptist Church House of worship
    520 feet
  2. Concord Baptist Church House of worship
    1,050 feet
  3. Jehovahs Witnesses Clinton Congregation House of worship
    1,060 feet
Show all 4
  1. Siloam Presbyterian Church House of worship
    1,130 feet

Fire and police

  1. Battalion 57/Engine 235 Fire station
    610 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    640 feet
  2. Bravo Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Met Fresh Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 21 places to eat and 17 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, six of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Nostrand Avenue or Putnam Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC Finance, MTA, NYC DOT, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, US Department of Energy, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.